Holt's Community Primary School, Wrexham

Holt's Community Primary School is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.

It had 56 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

20% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Year groups range from 3 pupils (Year 4) to 13 (Reception).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,564 per pupil, against £5,008 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £42k.

Estyn's report on its November 2022 inspection summarises Holt's Community Primary School like this:

"Holt Community Primary School is a happy and inclusive community that places a high priority on the well-being of its pupils. Staff work together effectively to identify the needs of all individuals within the school. As a result, pupils take pride in having robust relationships to discuss any concerns in a safe environment. Most pupils make good progress from their starting points. On the whole, they make sound progress in developing their English skills. With the support of staff, they are beginning to use simple sentences to speak Welsh in formal situations."

"Pupils contribute well to a variety of groups and committees and enjoy sharing ideas on what they would like to see when developing the school. All staff members have high expectations of pupils and challenge them y to consistently produce work of a good standard. The school provides a broad and balanced curriculum that is adapted continuously while preparing and planning for the Curriculum for Wales. It ensures suitable opportunities for pupils to apply their literacy and ICT skills in a range of real-life contexts. However, there are limited opportunities for pupils to develop their numeracy skills across the curriculum. There is a strong working relationship between staff and assistants, and they facilitate learning successfully."

"The headteacher and leaders share a clear vision to provide a complete education based on supporting pupils’ well-being and resilience. They concentrate well on ensuring that all staff feel that they are part of the school team. This ensures that everyone, including governors, understand the school’s priorities and work together supportively. However, the school’s self-evaluation and planning for improvement arrangements are not robust enough to identify its strengths and areas for improvement."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Sharpen self-evaluation processes to ensure that action plans focus on specific areas for improvement; (2) Plan purposeful opportunities for pupils to develop their numeracy skills across the curriculum.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holt's Community Primary School are Farndon Primary School (0.6 miles, 70% reading, 80% maths); St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School (2.5 miles); St Peter's CIW Voluntary Controlled Primary School (3.2 miles); and The Rofft C.P. School (3.3 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Holt's Community Primary School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Holt Cross (opposite), 110 metres away.